Pin.



S. P. DUDLEY.

PIN.

APPLICATION FILED rm. 7. 1910.

1,1 02, 1 87. Patented June 30,1914

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SIMON" F. DOOLEY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNTOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO WHITE KNIGHT COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented J line 30, 1914;.

Application filed February 7, 1910. Serial No. 542,426.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SIMON F. DOOLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of New York, borough of Bronx, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pins, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to pins, and more especially to a brooch or similar pin. with a locking device for locking the pin in place when attached to a garment or other article.

I will first describe one form of pin embodying my improvements and then point out the novel features in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, Figure 1 is a side elevation of an article embodying my improvements, the same shown in the form of a brooch pin; Fig. 2 is a top view of the article shown in Fig. 1 with parts broken away to better show the locking features, and this figure shows the pin partly inserted into fabric; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 but with the pinshaft having been passed completely into and out from the fabric, and with the locking device moved into locking position; Fig. 4 is a side elevation with the parts shown in the position of Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

A represents the shaft of the pin member or portion of one embodiment of my invention, the same of course having its pointed end or inserting end and its blunt or butt end. The butt end of the pin is connected as by a hinge A with the front or top member or portion A so as to swingrelatively thereto, and the latter has a hook-like receiving device A? into which as usual the pointed end of the pin-shaft can be engaged when the pin is to be attached to a garment, or disengaged. The details of the device A are not important and the same may be of any desired form or type. The top member A in the case of a fancy brooch will be suitably jeweled or ornamented.

In combination with the parts above described my invention contemplates a lock member B which is of substantial length, extending lengthwise of the pin, although shorter than the full length of the pin itself. One end of the lock B, which may be called the butt end, is movably connected in a suitable way with the butt end of the pin-shaft.

This construction The important point is to provide for movement of the lock for the purposes to be hereinafter set forth; and the rotatin sleeve B" is merely a convenient or the pre erred form a of embodying my improvements. In referring to the point or butt ends of the pin, I do not mean the extreme ends, but merely the portions thereof near the point and butt respectively.

According to my invention the end of the lock opposite to the butt end. is intended to be adjusted or moved by the wearer after the pin has been inserted into the fabric and out again, so that the lock or a portion of it may be positioned or located as to come between the point end of the pin and the fab ric. A convenient construction for this purpose is as follows: On the end of the lock B opposite its butt end is shown provided a hook B which can be formed by appropriately olfsetting the material of the lock at its end, for example if the lock is made from wire as shown, by merely bending the wire into the proper shape; or it may be otherwise formed so long as the offset end is preserved. Considering that the normal relative position of pin-shaft .A and lock B are as :in Fig. 2, it will be seen that in this position the pin is free to be inserted into and passed through and back out from the fabric as shown. C represents the fabric. In Fig. 3 the pin is shown as having been pushed so far that the engaged strip C of fabric has slid up beyond the place where the oll'set end of the lock is located. In this positionthe lock B is to be moved relatively to the pin-shaft so as to bring the hook end of the lock between the point end of the shaft and the fabric, and this is shown as having been done by a mere rotation of the lock which is very quickly and swiftly accomplished by hand after the pin has been inserted. Figs. 3 and t show the parts in locked position and the hook end of the lock is shown as in a position to prevent the engaged strip of fabric from being withdrawn, or looking at it the other way,

=' lock together would. engage the fabric with it prevents the pin from being withdrawn from the fabric.

It will be seen that the hook portion of the lockhas a lateral direction or dimension and lies substantially flat against the fabric so that when the device is in locked position as will be clear from Fig. 3, the tendency is to maintain the hook in locked position and prevent its returning to normal. The device is, therefore, not only easily applied, but automatically secures itself in desired position.

My invention is peculiarly valuable as compared with other locking devices that have been applied to brooch pins, for the} reason among others that the act of locking isdone While'the brooch is wide open, which insures that the locking parts are easily ac- I cessible and easily manipulated. Moreoverl the presence of the top or front member of the brooch assists the tendency already present of keeping the locking device in locked? position; although if the brooch had accidentally become opened the pin-shaft and such security that the brooch could not possibly drop from the wearer and thereby become lost.

In the case of brooch pins of any cons'id- 1 erable weight, my improvement has the further incidental advantage of giving the pinv a stiffer or more rigid hold upon the fabric so that the tendency of the forward or ornamental part of the brooch to sag or to swing up and down is minimized.

It will be noted that the various elements, the top member, pin member, receiving device, and lock member are permanently united and combined into a unitary article, that is, an article which does not need to be taken apart or have its elements separated from each other in ordinary use, in attaching to and detaching from a garment.-.

I do not wish to limit myself to the details above described since the principles of my invention may be embodied in an indefi- 5 nite number of forms, all of which are intended to be covered by the claim hereof.

What I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

A brooch having permanently united front and pin members openable and closable relatively to each other, in combination with a movable lock member, whose butt end is connected to the brooch near the pin members butt end by a connection permitting rotation of the lock member relatively to the article as a whole, and which lock member extends lengthwise of the pin and is hook shaped at its locking end, and, through the lock members rotation, is capable of being engaged between a fabric and the overlying pin point before the brooch is closed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 5th day of February, 1910.

SIMON F. DOOLEYL Witnesses:

ELIZABETH B. KING, HERBERT Coonsrnnv.

Copies of this patent may be obtainedfor five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. I 

